A person convicted of murder in Yemen can be spared execution if all legal heirs of the victim agree to grant pardon, usually in exchange for blood money, according to Sharia law.
Nurses’ outfits have taken exception to BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra’s ‘misogynist sense of humour’ in Parliament, formal complaint lodged with Haryana State Commission for Women.
The court was hearing a petition by Sudhakar Pawar challenging the November 2023 order passed by the govt rejecting his application seeking Rs 50 lakh compensation over his wife's death.
Yemen SC rejected Nimisha Priya's appeal against death sentence in murder case. Her mother wants to negotiate blood money to ensure her release, but there's a ban on Indians traveling to Yemen.
Letby murdered 5 boys and 2 girls at a hospital in northern England where she was working in 2015 & 2016, injecting the infants with insulin or air or force feeding them milk.
Resources are already stretched to the breaking point in many hospitals in the country, as Covid-19 & sickness levels amongst staff have been particularly high, said medical staff.
Health ministry releases draft guidelines to improve working conditions of nurses, invites comments from public and stakeholders over the next one month.
Even so, India has been facing acute shortage of nurses, with top hospitals reporting attrition rate of as high as 40%, as better pay and working conditions make nurses opt for jobs abroad.
India has about 1.7 trained nurses per 1,000 people, against WHO norm of 4. Poor working conditions and pay seen as topmost reasons for their annual exodus from India.
Tenures of 3 key state-level officials — principal secretary, mission director (National Health Mission), and director (health services) — were less than 24 months in most states.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
She shouldn’t be granted any pardon….after dismembering body parts….